Principal Civil Engineer

England, United Kingdom

9/25/2024

Location: Hybrid work opportunities to work from our offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Exeter and Bradford.

Sector: Predominantly working within the Water industry but may cover wider utilities and infrastructure.

Employment Type: Full time, Permanent

Make a Splash as a Principal Civil Engineer here at Aqua Consultants.

Dive into a role where your expertise will flow seamlessly into ground-breaking projects. Whether you're riding the waves solo or guiding a team, your technical prowess will be essential. You'll design and analyse both new and existing steel and reinforced concrete structures, anchoring your work in local and national standards. As a key player at Aqua, you'll bridge connections with colleagues and partners, ensuring smooth project delivery across disciplines.

You'll lead with a focus on quality, sustainability, and safety, navigating every stage of design and asset management. Your role will also involve crafting briefs, defining scopes of work, and contributing to bid proposals. With a keen eye on timelines and budgets, you'll ensure projects sail smoothly to their milestones.

In addition to growing your own skills, you'll foster development in your team, helping everyone chart a course to success.

Qualifications needed: Degree in Civil or Structural engineering is essential. Chartered Engineer, member of IStructE or ICE.

Skills and experience:

• Detailed knowledge of structural engineering codes - Eurocodes / BSI etc
• Extensive experience of RC design and detailing including water retaining structures, soil retaining structures, foundation design.
• Experience of steelwork design.
• Working knowledge of geotechnics and soil-structure interactions.
• Experience of the water / utilities sector an advantage
• Ability to prepare, review and approve structural designs.
• Knowledge of computational analysis techniques and software, knowledge of BIM is an advantage.
• Ability to inspect, diagnose and make recommendations relating to re-use or adaptation of existing structures.
• Knowledge of established and emerging construction techniques.
• Track record of commitment to sustainability: re-use of existing structures and materials; design for low carbon construction, etc
• Ability to contribute to project and business management - resource planning, fee estimation etc.
• Understanding of cost and contract management is an advantage.
  
  

Personal Attributes:

• Takes ownership of the role and leadership in growing Aqua's capability.
• Collaborative team player - ability to lead and participate in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Client facing - ability to forge and maintain excellent Client relationships
• Excellent communicator - able to explain complex structural concepts to a range of audiences including Clients, Contractors, junior and senior colleagues.
• Supportive and mentoring towards colleagues.
  
  

What we can offer you:

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and leave
• Company pension
• Life assurance scheme (x4 salary)
• Medicare Cash Plan (includes cash payments towards dental, medical, therapeutic treatments) with the option to add up to 4 dependants
• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee assistance programme (access to GP appointments and mental health support)
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Training and career progression opportunities
  
  

Why Aqua Consultants?

We are a fast growing organisation with highly experienced staff at the heart of everything we do. We offer more than just a day job - Aqua offers very competitive salaries and a great working environment. You'll be able to input into the development and growth of our business whilst we help you progress in your career.

Adler and Allan are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We proudly embrace equal opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. If you require any support with your application, whatever the circumstance, please let us know.

If you're ready to make waves in civil engineering, Aqua is the place to be. Join us and help shape the future, one drop at a time.